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from The American Conservative
Why Do We Need the Humanities?
Because we live in a dark wood, and we need to rely on the vision of those who saw deeper to lead us to the light
Fragments in the Ruins
A classics student explains why the humanities do not cohere in the university
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Why Do We Need the Humanities?
Because we live in a dark wood, and we need to rely on the vision of those who saw deeper to lead us to the light
Fragments in the Ruins
A classics student explains why the humanities do not cohere in the university
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Movie Producer Releases Incredibly Emotional Video Asking for Help to ‘Stay Alive’ as He Battles ALS
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from CNN
Asked how to offset the influence of big money in politics, President Barack Obama suggested it's time to make voting a requirement.
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from Gopthedailydose.com
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from MEDIAite
from Money Talks News
from Nature News and Comment
UK mapped out by genetic ancestry
Finest-scale DNA survey of any country reveals historical migrations.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from ScienceAlert
from The Spokesman-Review
Police searching for missing woman, children
Spokane Police are searching for a missing woman and her two children after her boyfriend was spotted carrying her out of a home near the corner of 18th Avenue and Fiske around 7:30 p.m. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Lindsay Montano, was described as unresponsive by a witness who saw her being carried to a car by her boyfriend, 24-year-old James Bench. Bench then loaded the couple’s two children, ages 2 and 4, into the car and drove away. The car is described as a gray 2006 Ford 500 sedan with the license plate ALS-8921.
Former Shoshone County Deputy arrested on child sex charges
Former Shoshone County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn A. Clark, 40, was arrested at his home in Pinehurst, Idaho, today on a charge of lewd conduct with a minor.
CdA School Board races: Hamilton won’t run again, Seymour will
Coeur d’Alene School Board Trustee Tom Hamilton said today he will not seek re-election. But Trustee Terri Seymour said she will seek a second term on the board.
Federal investigators subpoena Washington state auditor’s records
The office of Washington state auditor Troy Kelley was turning over documents to the federal government Thursday in response to a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice, just days after federal agents searched his home.
Trent Ave. open near Harvard Road after serious crash
A crash closed Trent Avenue in both directions near Harvard Road east of Spokane for about three hours Thursday afternoon. A pickup truck headed west crossed the center line and hit an eastbound dump truck head on. The dump truck drove partially off the road in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the collision.
Demetruis Glenn sentenced to 16 years in beating death of Delbert Belton
Former coin shop owner gets 6 months in jail
A former Coeur d’Alene coin shop owner was sentenced to six months in jail this morning for six counts of petty theft for failing to fulfill customers’ gold and silver orders. Kevin E. Mitchell, 49, had been indicted on felony charges of grand theft by false promise for allegedly scheming to defraud customers between 2009 and 2012. He agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charges and avoid a trial.
Police impound cars of men attempting to patronize prostitutes
The Spokane Police Department arrested three men Wednesday night for attempting to patronize a prostitute and towed cars belonging to two of them. Officers conducted a sting operation along a section of East Sprague recently designated an area of high prostitution activity. The area was posted with signs warning that the cars of those caught patronizing prostitutes would be towed.
‘Instant racing’ repeal clears House committee, 15-2
Idaho lawmakers shot down a plan for a new state Gaming Commission on Thursday, and instead advanced to the full House a proposal to ban “instant racing” – the slot machine-like gambling terminals that have popped up at three locations around the state, including the Greyhound Park in Post Falls.
Spokane inmates sold girls for sex, according to court records
Spokane County inmates orchestrated sex crimes from their jail cells by arranging prostitution of underage girls, according to phone calls recorded by local and federal police. Some calls originated inside the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center.
Spokane police disproportionately stop black, Native American and Hispanic residents, but don’t display a pattern of racial bias when deciding who to search and arrest. That’s the conclusion of a report released Tuesday by Eastern Washington University professor Edward Byrnes, who collaborated with Spokane police Capt. Brad Arleth to examine five months of officer-initiated stops from 2014.
Tunisia museum attack leaves 19 dead
Gunmen stormed a museum in Tunis on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, including 17 foreign tourists, in the worst attack in Tunisia’s capital since the overthrow of the country’s dictator in 2011.
In brief: U.S. begins destroying big cache of chemical weapons
The U.S. Army began destroying the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons Wednesday, using explosives to rip open a container of mustard agent inside a sealed chamber and then flooding it with another chemical to neutralize it. It was the first few pounds of 2,600 tons of mustard agent that will be destroyed at Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado.
Ex-con arrested after 1 killed, 5 hurt
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others Wednesday in a rampage that included a motel shooting, a carjacking and a home invasion and ended with his arrest at a nearby apartment in suburban Phoenix. The suspect was taken into custody after officers spotted him on an apartment balcony and shocked him with a stun gun.
DNA gives peek at Britain’s beginnings
Genetic samples collected from across the United Kingdom are shedding light on the ancient past, including Viking invasions and a mystery about the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, researchers report.
The work is presented in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature.
In brief: Chicago approves setting aside land for presidential library
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday took the step supporters of a Barack Obama presidential library on the South Side hope clears the way for the project to move forward, voting unanimously to turn over about 20 acres in one of two parks should the University of Chicago’s bid be chosen.
Trump forms campaign panel
Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to form a presidential exploratory committee.
Texas Senate OKs campus gun bill
Texas would allow people to carry concealed handguns on college campuses under a measure given preliminary approval by the state Senate, just a day after it passed a proposal allowing open carry of guns almost anywhere in the state.
Records access at new low
The Obama administration set a record again for censoring government files or outright denying access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Associated Press.
White House: Netanyahu stance on Palestinian state may cost support at U.N.
The White House on Wednesday pointedly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s successful re-election campaign and suggested his newly declared opposition to a Palestinian state could jeopardize America’s unwavering support for Israel at the United Nations.
Now that Republicans control Congress, they have largely agreed that they want to boost military spending at the expense of other domestic social programs. But they’re at odds over how to do it.
President Barack Obama criticized the House Republican budget proposal during a visit to Cleveland on Wednesday, mocking their fiscal plans as “a path to prosperity for those who have already prospered.”
Vanuatu’s Cyclone Pam survivors desperate for food, water
Relief groups struggled to get supplies to residents living in Vanuatu’s cyclone-ravaged outer islands today, as survivors grew desperate for food and water five days after the fierce storm flattened villages across the South Pacific nation.
Relief groups struggled to get supplies to residents living in Vanuatu’s cyclone-ravaged outer islands today, as survivors grew desperate for food and water five days after the fierce storm flattened villages across the South Pacific nation.
Putin signs treaty integrating South Ossetia into Russia
Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia when Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia signed a new treaty that calls for nearly full integration. A similar treaty was signed last year with Abkhazia. Both regions depend on subsidies from Russia.
Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia when Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia signed a new treaty that calls for nearly full integration. A similar treaty was signed last year with Abkhazia. Both regions depend on subsidies from Russia.
A visitor from Kansas is in the hospital after a 10- to 12-foot tiger shark bit his left forearm while he was snorkeling off the Big Island of Hawaii.
Police: Woman removed expectant mother’s baby
A 34-year-old woman was accused of stabbing a pregnant woman in the stomach and removing her baby, while the expectant mother visited her home to buy baby clothes advertised on Craigslist, Colorado authorities said. The suspect was arrested at a hospital after taking the baby there, saying she had suffered a miscarriage. Officers called to the residence Wednesday afternoon found the 26-year-old victim, who was seven months pregnant, stabbed and beaten. She underwent surgery and is expected to recover, but the baby did not survive.
Former Penn president files defamation suit
Former Penn State president Graham Spanier filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday that accuses ex-FBI director Louis Freeh of scapegoating him in Freeh’s scathing report on the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Washington bill seeks to limit antler collecting
Elk antlers can bring top dollar when sold as a boost to a person’s love life, but a bill in the Washington Legislature would crack down on people who trespass onto private property to hunt them or other “wildlife parts.”
Careywood, Idaho, residents fight for local post office
Nearly 500 Careywood residents have signed a petition to save their post office, and they’ve enlisted the help of U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, whose staff met Wednesday with a Postal Service representative in Washington, D.C., to discuss the matter.
Environmental groups ask for review of Mount Spokane decision
The Lands Council and the Spokane Audubon Society, joined by former Spokane County Commissioner John Roskelley and former Nature Conservancy land steward Fayette Krause, want a judge to review the decision of the Washington Parks and Recreation Commission allowing the Mount Spokane ski area to expand into areas with old-growth forest. The commission found that the expansion area is suitable for the level of activity that expanded downhill skiing would generate.
In brief: Camp Journey fundraiser planned March 27
A fundraiser to support Camp Journey will be held March 27 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Called the Sweethearts Ball, the fundraiser was spearheaded by cancer survivor Brandon Bunch and two friends, Jake Bonwell and Nick Leonard. Camp Journey is held at Ross Point Camp and Conference Center in Post Falls, and is free to kids who are cancer survivors or are battling cancer.
Sales reps allege threats from man
Six vacuum sales representatives told police Saturday that a man threatened them with a gun as they sat in a van waiting for a co-worker.
Gunman robs Idaho store
A gunman robbed the Check ‘n Go at 740 N. Cecil Road in Post Falls Tuesday evening. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police chase ends in crash, arrest
A driver suspected of fleeing an accident in Spokane Valley was arrested near Post Falls Wednesday morning after crashing his car.
Summer fires, dust storms expected due to low snowpack
Gov. Jay Inslee and other state officials reported last week a “snowpack drought” – a shortage of snow in some of the state’s mountain ranges that means water supplies for some rivers, streams and reservoirs will likely be low this summer. The above-average temperatures and low snowpack are expected to create dry fields and forest beds throughout the eastern two-thirds of the state.
Idaho House to hear giant salamander bill
An Idaho House committee on Wednesday abruptly reversed itself and overwhelmingly passed a bill proposed by an Idaho eighth-grader to make the Idaho giant salamander the official state amphibian.
Starbucks CEO defends ‘Race Together’ campaign
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday defended the company’s new “Race Together” campaign that has been criticized for being naive and even using racial tensions to boost its bottom line.
In brief: Alaska Airlines to offer nonstop flights between Boise, Spokane
Alaska Airlines will begin offering daily nonstop service between Spokane and Boise starting in August, company CEO Brad Tilden announced Wednesday in Idaho.
West Coast imports drop amid labor dispute
Months of congestion at West Coast ports – the result of a labor dispute and other logistical problems – led to major shifts in U.S. trade patterns.
Microsoft plans to offer alternative Web browser
Look out, Internet Explorer. After 20 years of competing against rival Web browsers, Microsoft is gearing up to launch its own alternative to its once-dominant Internet surfing program.
Target allowing one-year returns for private brands
Target announced Wednesday that it is extending its return policy on select items to one year, effective immediately.
Herbalife pyramid scheme suit dismissed
A judge dismissed a lawsuit by Herbalife shareholders who claimed that the business structure and marketing practices of the weight loss and nutritional supplements company violated the law and that they lost money because it amounts to a pyramid scheme.
Premera warned by feds about security flaws before breach
Three weeks before hackers infiltrated Premera Blue Cross, federal auditors warned the company that its network security procedures were inadequate.
Federal Reserve to wait on rate hikes
After holding interest rates at record lows for more than six years, the Federal Reserve still isn’t ready to start raising them. The Fed signaled Wednesday that it needs the job market to improve further and inflation to rise above low levels before it begins nudging borrowing rates up. Even then, it suggested it will do so only very gradually.
Seattle supporters of higher minimum wage hail judge’s ruling
Supporters of higher pay for minimum wage workers hailed a federal judge’s decision clearing the way for Seattle’s new minimum wage law to take effect as planned next month. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones rejected claims by franchises of big national chains that the law discriminates against them.
New overtime rules coming soon, labor secretary says
Labor Secretary Tom Perez told Congress on Wednesday that his agency is still working on President Barack Obama’s directive a year ago that the department come up with new rules to make more workers eligible for overtime pay for working beyond their scheduled hours.
Dana Milbank: House GOP budget is a gimmick
Editorial: Idaho taking local control away again
Fifty years later, hills are still alive
‘The Sound of Music’ film celebrates a golden anniversary
Ask Dr. K: Healthy Eating Plate uses latest research
Noise drives Dover petition
In the past couple of years, din and garbage have become a nuisance for residents near Badger Lake, south of the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge.
Manito Garden Apartments get needed repairs, upgrades
One of the earliest apartment projects for low-income elderly people in Spokane has been getting a facelift over the past two years to ensure that it continues to provide affordable housing for its 60 residents. The Manito Garden Apartments, 300 E. 30th Ave., have received about $150,000 in improvements in the past two years and another $150,000 in improvements in years prior to that.
Rich Landers: Wild kokanee drive the limit at Lake Roosevelt
Thanks to Idaho, Anglers have been hooking a bumper crop of kokanee in Lake Roosevelt since last year. Unfortunately, they’ve had to release most of the delicious land-locked sockeyes.
Mild winter attracts North Cascades Highway cyclists earlier than expected
Pat Munts: Old rules don’t apply to gardening season this warm
Landmarks: Dartford Cemetery reminder of bustling community
Not much is left to show that the small community of Dartford ever existed. There’s a portion of an old rock wall on Camp Fire’s Camp Dart-Lo property on the Little Spokane River, the old Ziegler family home, the barn built by original homesteader Herb Dart and a few other remnants here and there. But if it weren’t for the Dartford Cemetery a mile or so west of Wandermere Golf Course – well, no one might know that a community had ever grown up and been supported there by a flour mill, general store, sawmill, post office, schoolhouse, livery stable, briquette factory and lumberyards into the early half of the 1900s.
Randy Mann: Above-average temps to continue in March
Bank robberies and bathtub scuffles: ‘Life Behind the Badge’ chronicles Spokane law enforcement history
Safety concern at heart of matter for Millwood, railroad
Millwood is once again battling Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad won’t sign an agreement that allows parking in its right-of-way along Euclid Avenue unless the city closes Marguerite Road where it crosses the railroad tracks, or installs an active gate and lights.
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